Osuwa Daiko


a journal of japanese canadian community, history + culture

a journal of japanese canadian community, history + culture


Every October for the past 18 years, readers of The Georgia Straight have voted Kokoro Dance Vancouver’s best dance company. Not bad for a small company that has always determinedly played by its own rules, flaunting convention at every turn.…

When the Carnegie Community Centre and Vancouver Moving Theatre conceived the Heart of the City Festival in 2004, they were looking to build on the success of their 2003 co-production In the Heart of a City: the Downtown Eastside Community…



Keith Fukushima’s Ride to Remember Like so many Lower Mainland residents, Keith Fukushima and his sister Tanis would look forward to visiting the Fair at the PNE with their Grandmother when they were children. She would take them to play…

Celebrating 50 Years of Ikebana in Vancouver Ikebana has a long and respected history in Japan. While the exact origins are unknown, it is thought to have come to Japan with the introduction of Buddhism in the 6th century. Many…



by Mary Kitagawa We are very disappointed to learn that the Asian Canadian Studies minor course is not being offered at UBC this September. In a press release on November 16, 2011, the UBC Senate Tributes Committee announced that they…

The members of the JCCA Human Rights Committee participated in one of the many workshops the Truth and Reconciliation Committee sponsored, in April,2013. As a followup, we have been asked to participate in Reconciliation Week, 16-22 September 2013. September 16…
